Ted Nugent Questions the President’s Sexuality

Maru over at WTF is it Now informs us that the Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, is rallying the NRA to save the country:

Remember the Alamo! Shoot ’em!” he screamed to applause. “To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want ’em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot ’em!

Mr. Nugent thus proclaims himself to be a loud and proud supporter of the Taliban American Way.

As one commenter noted: Â“Uh, Ted, about The Alamo – bad choice, dude. The ‘Good Guys’ all died, you know, they were shot. That’s the problems with using symbols and metaphors, you have to have some knowledge of what you’re talking about before you use them.Â”

Further, Mr. Wango Tango would like to encourage NRA members to only associate with other NRA members Â– thus insuring that no fresh air enter that cobwebby dialectic. “Let’s next year sit here and say, ‘Holy smokes, the NRA has 40 million members now,'” he said. “No one is allowed at our barbecues unless they are an NRA member. Do that in your life.”

Well, there goes my invitation to the annual family picnic. But it does go to illustrate the point that you shouldn’t judge the art by the personality of the artist, ‘cos Snakeskin Cowboys still rocks. But we gotta ask Â– why is Ted referring to GWB as a “Snakeskin Cowboy?” The lyrics, which are stupid even by Ted’s standards, imply at best a less-than-ringing political endorsement. Is this a sly, subtle jab at the president and his sexuality, meant only for those who are paying attention?

Snakeskin cowboys, who the hell you think you are?
Dancing around with your high-heeled boots,
don’t think that you’ll get too far
Just hanging around with your fancy pants on
Ain’t got nothing on me
Thinking you got it right here on the stage
Stick around boys, maybe I can set you free

It sounds like he’s trying to say that the Preznit is an uppity little cross-dresser at the end of his run. Does Ted have some insider NRA knowledge about Fearless Leader that the rest of us are not privy to, or do we really just need to send the Nudge to metaphor camp?

Jane Hamsher

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